3 h. ago Aptose Receives Second Advance under the Loan Agreement with Hanmi Pharmaceutical to Continue Development of Tuspetinib in Triplet Therapy for AML

SAN DIEGO and TORONTO, July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aptose Biosciences Inc. (“Aptose” or the “Company”) (TSX: APS; OTC: APTOF), a clinical-stage precision oncology company developing a tuspetinib (TUS) based triple drug frontline therapy to treat patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), today announced that it has received an additional advance of […]

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6 h. ago World’s oldest marathon runner, who competed in Surrey, hit and killed in India

Fauja Singh came to Surrey in 2012, where he has relatives, and ran a five-kilometre race. He would have been 101 years old at the time.

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8 h. ago World's oldest marathoner who made history in Toronto killed in hit

Fauja Singh, the British-Indian athlete and marathoner, who inspired millions of people with his late-in-life running achievements, has died at the age of 114.Singh, who was widely believed to be the world's oldest marathon runner, was struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident on Monday while crossing a road in his native village near Jalandhar in Punjab, India. Local media reported that Singh sustained severe head injuries in the incident and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. In 2011, Singh became the oldest man to run a full marathon at the age of 100 in Toronto, although this achievement was not officially recognized by Guinness World Records due to a lack of a birth certificate. Singh had a British passport, which listed his birth date as April 1, 1911, while a letter from Indian government officials stated that birth records were not kept in 1911. He began running at the age of 89 and went on to complete nine full marath...

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8 h. ago Latest inflation numbers slam door ‘shut’ on Bank of Canada July rate cut, say economists

Here's where economists think inflation and the central bank are headed over the second half of the year

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10 h. ago Even more Beer Stores abruptly closing including two in Toronto

The wave of closures for The Beer Store continues to ripple through Ontario, with another 10 locations set to shut their doors for good on Sept. 14, including two more in Toronto. Since May 2024, dozens of Beer Store locations have shuttered their doors, including several stores in the GTA. Affected Toronto stores include those at 636 Greenwood Ave. and 4479 Kingston Rd., which will both be closing their doors this September. In June, stores at 761 Queen St. W. and 1270 Woodbine Ave. also closed, joining already-shuttered locations at Yonge and Dundas, Queens Quay, Roncesvalles, and elsewhere across Ontario, including Barry's Bay, Stratford, Cochrane, and Chapleau. Other locations scheduled to close in the latest round include cities like Unionville (4681 Hwy. 7), Burlington (2020 Appleby Line), Ottawa (1910 St. Laurent Blvd.), Hamilton (229 Dundurn St. S.), Ridgetown (90 Erie St. S.), Sioux Lookout (41 Front St.), Deep River (33225 Hwy. 17), and Northbrook ...

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10 h. ago Man who became world’s oldest marathon runner at Toronto race dies in hit

Fauja Singh, an Indian-born runner nicknamed the Turbaned Torpedo who was believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner, has died after being hit by a car. He was 114.

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11 h. ago 5.5km of TTC's busiest subway line will shut down for this entire weekend

Subway closures this weekend will create more headaches for Toronto transit users, and here's everything you need to know about the next round of TTC disruptions.The TTC has announced that it plans to suspend subway service on Line 1 Yonge-University between St. Clair West and St. Andrew stations for the entire weekend of Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20.The upcoming closure marks just the latest in a seemingly never-ending series of full weekend outages and early closures plaguing the transit network, which the TTC blamed on necessary track work.The 5.5 kilometre stretch of subway spanning St Clair West, Dupont, Museum, Queen's Park, St Patrick, Osgoode, and St Andrew stations has faced numerous shutdowns and early closures this year, and remains among the busiest work zones across the transit network.This stretch alone will be subject to full shutdowns or early closures every day for a period lasting from July 14-25.Crews trying to navigate this stretch of subway over th...

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13 h. ago ‘World’s oldest marathon runner’ dies aged 114 in road accident

New Delhi (AFP) — India’s Fauja Singh, believed to be the world’s oldest distance runner, has died in a road accident aged 114, his biographer said Tuesday. Singh, an Indian-born British national, nicknamed the “Turbaned Tornado”, died after being hit by a vehicle in Punjab state’s Jalandhar district on Monday. “My Turbaned Tornado is no […]

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23 h. ago 7 year sentence for man convicted of manslaughter in fatal Belvedere LRT stabbing

Nkundabatware and his family moved to Canada eleven years ago from the Congo to escape the conflict there only to die in a random stabbing in Edmonton.

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24 h. ago Parvovirus outbreak at London housing contained after six dog deaths

Eight dogs were infected and six died, Progressive Animal Welfare Services (PAWS) said on Monday.

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24 h. ago Kelly Ellard, who killed B.C. teen Reena Virk in 1997, has parole revoked over drug use

The board says the woman, now known as Kerry Sim, at 42 years old still has an anti-social and delinquent value system and is unwilling to accept responsibility

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25 h. ago Another person dies in legionnaires' disease outbreak in London

A second person has died in London’s legionnaires’ disease outbreak, the Middlesex-London Health Unit said Monday. Most of the cases are linked to a six-kilometre radius in the city’s southeast, the health unit said in an update. The patients range in age from 23 to 93. Of the 66 confirmed cases, 43 are male and […]

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25 h. ago Second person dies in legionnaires' disease outbreak in London

A second person has died in London’s legionnaires’ disease outbreak, the Middlesex-London Health Unit said Monday. Most of the people who have become infected live in a six-kilometre radius in the city’s southeast, the health unit said in an update. The patients range in age from 23 to 93. Of the 66 confirmed cases, 43 […]

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26 h. ago Alberta reports 1,314 confirmed measles cases since March, surpassing U.S. number

The outbreak hasn't led to any deaths so far in Alberta, but three people, including two children, have died in the U.S., which has also seen more hospitalizations

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26 h. ago Convicted killer Kerry Sim, formerly Kelly Ellard, loses day parole over drug tests

In 1997, Victoria teen Reena Virk was lured to a party where she was swarmed and violently assaulted. Sim, then 15 years old, was among those who beat Virk and later drowned her.

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27 h. ago ATV driver dies in crash in Township of Edwardsburgh Cardinal

Officers from the Grenville County OPP detachment responded to a call about the crash on Jordan Road just after 6 p.m. Sunday

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27 h. ago Kerry Sim, formally Kelly Ellard, has day parole revoked due to recent behaviour

The Parole Board of Canada reviewed Sim's case and decided to suspend her day parole in June after reviewing her recent behaviour and habits.

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27 h. ago Calgary oilpatch pioneer and philanthropist Don Seaman dies at 99

Seaman is remembered as a sharp businessman, a humble contributor to his community and 'the centrepiece' of his family

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28 h. ago TikTok Urgently Pitches Canada Security Solution to Avoid Shutdown

TikTok is trying to talk with Canada about security solutions that would spare the popular video app from a looming order to shut operations in the country.

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29 h. ago Wife of French president appeals in gender rumours case: lawyer

Brigitte Macron originally filed a libel complaint against two women after they posted a YouTube video alleging she had once been a man

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